Witton Country Park, Blackburn

Name: Witton Country Park
Address: Blackburn, United Kingdom

#16 among attractions in Blackburn

Park, Relax in park

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Witton Country Park is a 480-acre public park in the west of Blackburn, Lancashire, England. Around half of the country park is mixed woodland and parkland, while the rest is either farmland or rough grassland with open access. A visitors' centre features stables with exhibitions of old horse-drawn farm machinery, farm hand-tools and a natural history room. A mammal centre houses shrews, voles, ferrets, rabbits and other animals, which are on display. ()

Elevation: 446 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 53°44'37"N, 2°31'11"W

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Blackburn United Kingdom

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Witton Country Park – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Ewood Park, Corporation Park, Immanuel Church, St Mark's Church.

1.6 miSE
Arenas and stadiums, Football, Sport venue
Ewood Park, Blackburn
42 min walk • Ewood Park is a football stadium in Blackburn, Lancashire, England, and the home of Blackburn Rovers F.C. founding members of the Football League and Premier League, who have played there since 1890.
1.3 miNE
Park
Corporation Park, Blackburn
34 min walk • Corporation Park is a traditional Victorian park in Blackburn, Lancashire, England. It was landscaped by William Henderson and opened in 1857.
1.5 miSW
Church
Immanuel Church
38 min walk • Immanuel Church is in the village of Feniscowles, near Blackburn, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Blackburn with Darwen, the archdeaconry of Blackburn, and the diocese of Blackburn. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.
0.5 miE
Church, Romanesque architecture
St Mark's Church, Blackburn
12 min walk • St Mark's Church is in Buncer Lane, in the former parish of Witton, Blackburn, Lancashire, England. It is an inactive Anglican church in the deanery of Blackburn with Darwen, the archdeaconry of Blackburn, and the diocese of Blackburn.
1.1 miSW
Gothic Revival architecture, Church
Pleasington Priory, Blackburn
29 min walk • Pleasington Priory, or the Church of St Mary and St John Baptist, is a Catholic church in the village of Pleasington, Lancashire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.
0.7 miNE
Gothic Revival architecture, Church
St Silas' Church, Blackburn
19 min walk • St Silas' Church is in Preston New Road, Blackburn, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Blackburn with Darwen, the archdeaconry of Blackburn, and the diocese of Blackburn. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.
1.4 miSE
Canal
Ewood Bikes, Blackburn
36 min walk • Ewood Aqueduct is a high embankment carrying the Leeds and Liverpool Canal over the River Darwen and the B6447 road near Blackburn, Lancashire, England. Built of sandstone in the early 19th century, it is a Grade II listed building.
1.4 miSW
53°43'47"N • 2°32'44"W
Pleasington Golf Club, Blackburn
37 min walk • Outdoor activities, Golf
1.3 miNE
Memorial
Blackburn War Memorial, Blackburn
34 min walk • Blackburn War Memorial is located in Corporation Park in Blackburn, Lancashire, England. It was originally designed as a memorial for people who lost their lives in the First World War but was later extended to also honour those who lost their lives in the Second World War.
1.3 miSE
Gothic Revival architecture, Church
St Andrew's Church, Blackburn
34 min walk • St Andrew's Church is in Livesey Branch Road, Blackburn, Lancashire, England. It is a redundant Anglican church designed by the Lancaster architect E. G. Paley. The foundation stone was laid in December 1866, but the church was not consecrated until 1877. As first built, the church seated 652, and cost £6,000.
~240 ftSE
Hiking, Hiking trail
Witton Weavers Way, Blackburn
2 min walk • Witton Weavers Way is a waymarked long-distance footpath in Lancashire in England.